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JR Rivas Avoid single family as a new investor?
4 January 2022 | 75 replies

Hey all!

I’m a relatively new investor & I was talking to some buddies and they basically told me to avoid single family like the plague because if one person leaves you’re at 100% vacancy.

What do you guys thin...

Phung N. Should I fix the ceiling fan?
12 November 2015 | 55 replies

So my tenant moved in three weeks ago.  Per the lease, she has 7 days to tell me what wrong with the house after move in day.  A week gone by and I asked if she had found anything.  She said no just minor scratches.  ...

Joel Owens Glad I do not own single family houses!
17 January 2017 | 49 replies

It seems these tenants feel a sense of entitlement for not paying the rent. They think life problems they have created with their own choices should be solved by a landlord's pocket book.Economics and running a busine...

Jason Schmidt can someone please explain this 50% rule to me?
9 July 2008 | 163 replies

I have heard from people on these boards that I can expect the operating expenses of the house I purchase to rent out would be about 50% of what I can get for it monthly. I could be misunderstanding it, but how is th...

Brian Burke Cat Litter House: Flip # 653 and it could be the worst one yet. Look at the pics and you decide.
18 November 2018 | 297 replies

Some flips are easy...paint, carpet, clean, and list.  Then there are the hard ones.  I've never posted a diary of a flip before.  With over 600 flips under my belt I sometimes think that I've seen it all.  Then I see...

Joey Copper Why Self Managing Investment Properties is CRAZY
31 August 2021 | 216 replies

One funny thing about people is that while we are almost always well intentioned, we seem to do a lot of things that are just plain crazy. I, for example, still prefer to eat my oranges by dissecting each into their i...

Meryl McElwain Ask me anything about...Construction.
11 January 2022 | 115 replies

I always see posts from investors asking about the cost of a rehab, a particular estimate or a general construction problem. I have 20 years of construction experience. From remodels, ground up, all the way to develop...